Welcome to Bookmarker!

This is a personal project by @dellsystem. I built this to help me retain information from the books I'm reading.

Source code on GitHub (MIT license).

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lugubrious

One after another, the lugubrious, iron-colored German carriages moved past.

—p.52 A MATTER OF CHANCE (51) by Vladimir Nabokov
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when they lead camels along a springtime street

They are leading camels along the street, on the way from the circus to the zoo. Their plump humps list and sway. Their long, gentle faces are turned up a little, dreamily. How can death exist when they lead camels along a springtime street? At the corner, an unexpected whiff of Russian foliage; a …

—p.46 GODS (44) by Vladimir Nabokov
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some lindens are passing through town

Today some lindens are passing through town. There was an attempt to restrain them. Circular fencing was erected around their trunks. But they move all the same.…

The roofs blaze like oblique, sun-blinded mirrors. A winged woman stands on a windowsill washing the panes. She bends over, pouts, br…

—p.45 GODS (44) by Vladimir Nabokov
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gelid

His ears filled with a dense, hollow din, and gelid waves breathed on his brow.

thought it meant something similar to gefilte fish lmao

—p.37 WINGSTROKE (25) by Vladimir Nabokov
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bilious

Who is she? A heliotype diva, broken free? Or the runaway daughter of a swaggering, bilious lord?

—p.34 WINGSTROKE (25) by Vladimir Nabokov
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